MCPE 1.6 crashes when approaching busy village

Had a very heavily populated village in MCPE v1.5.3. In fact, they wouldn't stop trying to breed! But game functioned well without issues. After upgrade to v1.6 and 1.6.1, game crashes every time any player approaches the village. Game plays without issues as long as you stay away from the village.

Saw similar issue with prior MCPE versions, but this appeared to be resolved on those versions, which is why I am reporting it again for 1.6 and 1.6.1

 

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